void notifyStart(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
/**
- * tell manager that worker is now processing data
+ * tell manager that a thread running worker's run() loop is ready to start
+ * processing data
*
* @param worker
+ * @return true if worker should start processing, false if another thread is
+ * in progress
*/
boolean notifyWorking(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
/**
*
* @param worker
- * @return
+ * @return true if the worker is currently running
*/
boolean isWorking(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);